St. Paul daily globe., 1887-05-29

and a more ridiculous group of gar
mentS were never exhibited to the law
less gaze of the public The virulent
and vigilant ComStock deprived John
street store o. a show window painting
representing Charles Ill. entrance into
Antwerp, with Il dozen nude Antwerp
ians joyfully leading the way without
as much as their back hair let down in
which to clothe them. lie lately lighted
on the Office of a sporting paper and
took all the front pages OFF an edition
because it produced that attract
i've picture called the ''Nymphs
and the Satyr," belonging to
the Hoffman house. Brother C0mstock
should just go look at these female pant
alOonS. One pair was of drab corduroy,
a,second of diagonal plunl-colored broad
cloth, and fairly startling pair, which
paralyzed me, had tark-blue stripe up
the outside of the leg On lighter blue
cloth. That stripe seemed to define the
proportions, ito point the moral and
adorn the tale,' so to speak; the apo
plectic size OF the neither e rnicntS in
some places, the sudden contraction in
others, made me for the first time realize
how great a boon the petticoat is to
woman. We even were constructed by
an Allwise Providence with view to
improving the landscape in pantai0ons.
If ever. an accident happens to an
equestrian belle that carries away the
skirt of her habit, and leaves her in
pair OF these pants and her Jacket, the
world will side with ne and return
thanks for the petticoat. Such an acct
dent did happen, many years ago, in
neighboring city, to which | was eye
witness.
THE ALIOPATIIIC DOCTOR -s-is. -
of the place Bought a piebaid horse
which had an early education in cir
Gus. He had ridden entries with Lent
d Nathan's Mammoth Aggregation,
Or some little thing like that; bit, irca--
pscitated for a season, he had parted
company with the show folks, and, wh n
",e regained locomotive ability, had been
sold to our good old Dr.. Pratt The Ger
tifcate of his SOundneSS and good quail.
ties had included this sentence: ''IIe is
also beautiful lady's saddle horse"
Mrs. Dr.. Pratt was q massive female
of forty odd and half dozen even years
She could hardly pose as beautiful
lady," but, seeing the certificate, she de
termined to ride old CalOmel, the doe
tors new horse.
: Being devoted student of t. e eur
rent fashion books, she learned that
petticOats had been ''entirely discarded
with riding-habits; that boots and
trousers were en regle, and she was
nonpluSsed. The doctors trousers she
had worn, figurativeiy. ever since he
boarded with her and she married lin.
But to practically annex the old
mans wardrobe, especially that por-
tion of it, was cut CT the ques
mind, and she said to herself: IF |
make my black alpaca riding-skirt
heavy enough around the bottom it will
be nObOdy'S business what | wear un-
derneath. So she hemmed in about five
pounds of the lead lining of her tea
chest, and boldly mounted Calomel and
went forth to try his merits as d, saddle
horse. She bad gently cantered about
the back streets for a while, when her
evil genius suggested she should try the
prime pal thor0ughfares, where, at 6
o Oc.ock, all the sporting men hang
round the hotel steps, and all
the the girls Promenaded up AN. and
down to be seen of them
portion of this avenue she put on trifle
more steam to CalomePs gait, when
hand-Organ struck UP i'll front of the
city hotel. A fatal tune-an air from
''Orphee aux Enfer," to which time out
of mind Calomel had gone round and
round the saw dust ring-nOw in, now
out, across and back in an ENTRY" In
an instant Time was anihilated; no
longer was he the DOCTORS horse.
THE LEAD THAT STRUCK Ills FLANKS
as Mrs. Pratt bounced about on top felt
like the old-time spangled saddle-clOtb.
With neigh of recognition he started
in:s around and around in q narrow cir
cles he went with Enthusiastically
feet forward and return-a sharp turn
that nearly unseated madam, then
round and rountpg6he particular cobble-
stone acting as ceifter pole.
Every one stopped to see the circus
performance; a[aHgh went Up from the
group on the piazzi of the hotel
Mrs. DR.. Pratt could bear no more.
AS the beast reached that part of the
improvised ring furthest from the spec
tators off she slid She struck the road
in safety, but the treacherous black
alpaca skirt caught OH the pommel of
the saddle. There was one mo-
ment of indecision as to which
should yield, then Mrs. Pratt
burst through the alpaca as the
sun brealss through cloud, and stood
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